Johnny Tapia
"Mi Vida Loca"
"The Baby-faced Assassin"

Albuquerque, NM
Amateur record: 150-12
Pro record: 55-5-2, 28 KOs
1990: USBA Jr. Bantamweight champ
1994: NABF Jr. Bantamweight champ
1994-1998: WBO Jr. Bantamweight champ
1997: IBF Jr. Bantamweight champ
1998-1999: WBA Bantamweight champ
2000: WBO Bantamweight champ
2002: IBF Featherweight champ

Links:
Interview 9/00
Story 1/01
Tapia vs Ayala II
Tapia vs. Gomez
Tapia Returns
Tapia on Medina Fight
Tapia vs. Medina
Tapia on Barrera
Don't Count Tapia Out!
Tapia vs. Barrera
To Fight or Not to Fight
Tapia, Archuleta Back
Johnny Comes Home
Tapia benefit, bout
Vintage Tapia!
Tapia vs. Contreras
Tapia Winds Down
Tapia vs. Archuleta
Tapia vs. Bentz
Tapia vs. Archuleta II

Fight Record

1988

Mar 28

Efren Chavez

Irvine, CA

Draw-4

Apr 11

James Dean

Fresno, CA

W-6

May 16

Norberto Ayala

Fresno, CA

KO-4

Jun 13

Martin Perez

Irvine, CA

KO-1

Sep 16

Miguel Martinez

Las Vegas, NV

KO-1

Sep 29

Manuel Martinez

Irvine, CA

TKO-1

Oct 14

Jorge Salinas

Las Vegas, NV

TKO-1

Dec 1

Simon Contreras

Irvine, CA

W-8

1989

Feb 17

Abner Barajas

Albuquerque

KO-1

Mar 23

Freddy Hernandez

Irvine, CA

W-8

Jun 17

Josefino Suarez

Albuquerque

W-8

Aug 19

Hugo Partida

Albuquerque

KO-2

Oct 17

John Michael Johnson

Phoenix, AZ

W-8

Nov 17

Prudencio De Jesus

Phoenix, AZ

TKO-1

Dec 1

Martin Ramirez

Las Vegas, NV

W-8

1990

Feb 16

Jesus Chong

Las Vegas, NV

W-8

Mar 16

Abraham Garcia

Phoenix, AZ

KO-1

May 10

Roland Gomez

Lake Tahoe, NV

TKO-11

* For the USBA Jr. Bantamweight title

June 21

Pablo Valenzuela

Phoenix, AZ

KO-5

* defends USBA Jr. Bantamweight title

July 26

Jose Montiel

Las Vegas, NV

TKO-9

* defends USBA Jr. Bantamweight title

Sep 20

Luigi Camputaro

Las Vegas, NV

W-12

* defends USBA Jr. Bantamweight title

Oct 26

Santiago Caballero

Albuquerque

TKO-7

* defends USBA Jr. Bantamweight title

1991-1993: Inactive

1994

Mar 27

Jaime Olvera

Tulsa, OK

KO-4

Apr 15

Arturo Estrada

Albuquerque

TKO-2

May 5

Antonio Ruiz

Los Angeles, CA

W-10

Jun 24

Rafael Granillo

Los Angeles, CA

TKO-9

Jul 15

Oscar Aguilar

Phoenix, AZ

TKO-3

* For the NABF Jr. Bantamweight title

Oct 12

Henry Martinez

Albuquerque

TKO-11

For the WBO Jr. Bantamweight title

Dec 8

Rolando Bohol

Albuquerque

KO-2

1995

Feb 11

Jose Rafael Sosa

Albuquerque

W-12

*Defends WBO Jr. Bantamweight title

May 6

Ricardo Vargas

Las Vegas, NV

Draw-8

*Retains WBO Jr. Bantamweight title

July 2

Arthur Johnson

Albuquerque

W-12

*Defends WBO Jr. Bantamweight title

Sep 9

Jesse Miranda

Las Vegas, NV

W-10

Oct 19

Raul Pios

Las Vegas, NV

W-10

Dec 1

Willy Salazar

Palm Springs, CA

KO-9

*Defends WBO Jr. Bantamweight title

1996

Feb 5

Giovanni Andrade

Los Angeles, CA

KO-2

*Defends WBO Jr. Bantamweight title

Apr 30

Ramon Gonzalez Campa

San Antonio, TX

KO-2

June 7

Ivan Alvarez

Las Vegas, NV

TKO-8

*Defends WBO Jr. Bantamweight title

Aug 17

Hugo Soto

Albuquerque

W-12

*Defends WBO Jr. Bantamweight title

Oct 11

Sam Stewart

Las Vegas, NV

TKO-7

*Defends WBO Jr. Bantamweight title

Nov 30

Adonis Cruz

Albuquerque

W-12

*Defends WBO Jr. Bantamweight title

1997

Mar 8

Jorge Barrera

Albuquerque

TKO-3

*Defends WBO Jr. Bantamweight title

July 18

Danny Romero

Las Vegas, NV

W-12

*Defends WBO Jr. Bantamweight title

*Wins Romero’s IBF Jr. Bantamweight title

Dec 13

Andy Agosto

Pompano Beach, CA

W-12

*Defends WBO Jr. Bantamweight title

1998

Feb 13

Rodolfo Blanco

Albuquerque

W-12

*Defends WBO Jr. Bantamweight title

Aug 29

Carlos Francisco Hernandez

Las Vegas, NV

W-10

Dec 5

Nana Konadu

Atlantic City, NJ

W-12

* Wins WBA Bantamweight title

1999

Apr 24

Alberto Martinez

Albuquerque

KO-1

June 26

Paulie Ayala

Las Vegas, NV

L-SD-12

* Loses WBA Bantamweight title

2000

Jan 8

Jorge Eliecer Julio

Albuquerque

W-12

* Wins WBO Bantamweight title

May 6

Javier Torres

Las Cruces

W-12

* Defends WBO Bantamweight title

Oct 7

Paulie Ayala

Las Vegas, NV

L-SD-12

2001

Mar 17

Famosito Gomez

Albuquerque

TKO-6

June 30

Cesar Soto

Las Vegas, NV

KO-3

2002

Jan 19

Eduardo Alvarez

Bethnal, England

KO-1

Apr 27

Manuel Medina

New York, New York

SD-12

* Wins IBF Featherweight title

Nov 2

Marco Antonio Barrera

Las Vegas, NV

L-UD-12

* Relinquishes IBF title to fight People’s Featherweight champ Barrera

2003

Sep 26

Carlos Contreras

Albuquerque

UD-12

2004

Mar 5

Frankie Archuleta

Las Vegas

L-SD-10

2005

Jan

Nicky Bentz

Hidalgo, TX

SD-10

Apr 15

Frankie Archuleta

Albuquerque

UD-10

Sept 16

Sandro Marcos

Chicago, IL

KO’d 2

 


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